Category: Homeschool
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What to Read Wednesday: Shakespeare Edition
Wherefore art thou Shakespeare? This week’s What to Read Wednesday theme is all about Stratford-upon-Avon’s most famous citizen. I’ll spare my feeble attempt at iambic pentameter, and instead simply share my favorite books on everyone’s favorite bard: My offerings are meager as we’ve yet to make it to Shakespeare in our chronological history curriculum, but…
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Rediscovering Oregon: Bandon Beaches
Ah the glorious Oregon coast… moody, romantic, tumultuous yet serene. Five years in a landlocked state gave me a better appreciation for the blessing I took for granted my entire life. I grew up taking impromptu jaunts west to the ocean nearly once a month; because, why not? It’s only an hour drive to Lincoln…
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What to Read Wednesday: Dino Edition
This week’s What to Read Wednesday is all about dInOsAuRs! My family just had a close encounter with some over the weekend… Our home library contains a classic sing-songy Cat in the Hat glossary of the prehistoric giants, plus a science-y book from a Christian perspective: Whenever I think dinosaurs I think of Jules Verne’s…
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Back to School: 7th, 5th, & Kinder Edition
For the first time since we started this homeschooling adventure four years ago, we took a true summer off. It wasn’t really on purpose, I’m still all for year-round school & taking breaks when it works best for the family, but between Cousin Camp almost nearly day and remodeling our new house, it was an…
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What to Read Wednesday: Little Scientists
All children are naturally little scientists. Scientist: A person engaging in a systematic activity to acquire knowledge that describes and predicts the natural world. I shared my favorite Science-themed books last week (and math-but still-sciency selection the previous week), but my online pals have some additional ones to share on our blog hop below– be…
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Rediscovering Oregon: Silver Creek Falls
I’m spoiled. Having grown up here in Oregon, it wasn’t until my family moved away for five years that I came to appreciate what a rich oasis it truly is– and why my grandparents flocked here during the 1930’s Dust Bowl with dreams of prosperity as farmers. The thick, insulating blanket of low-lying clouds keeps…
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What to Read Wednesday: Science Edition
This week’s What to Read Wednesday installment is in the same back-to-school vein as last week’s: Last week, math; this week, Science! In actuality, I could double down by utilizing last week’s selection of The Martian for both– it also aligns perfectly (<– see what I did there?) with the total solar eclipse that we…
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A Celestial Celebration
I’m Blogging Through the Alphabet with a few online pals. This week we’re on the letter C… a / b / c / d / e / f / g / h / i / j / k / l / m / n / o / p / q / r / s / t / u…
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What to Read Wednesday: Sneaky Math Edition
I’m just going to come right out and say it: Math is not my favorite. I’m a bookworm, more inclined towards language than arithmetic. Nevertheless, I’ve bred with a veritable calculator– our offspring are innately mathematically inclined and I’d prefer not to squash their inherent gifting. (This is why I no longer teach our eldest…
